Soldiers arrive for a military operation against militants at Pakistan's naval air base following an attack by militants in Karachi. PHOTO: AFP

KARACHI: A spokesman for Pakistan’s Navy said Monday that the PNS Mehran base in Karachi was back under control, 17 hours after militants attacked with guns, bombs and rockets.

In an ongoing operation at one of Pakistan’s main military bases, security forces are engaged in a battle against militants who stormed the base late Sunday night. At least 15 security officials have been killed in the operation that continues on Monday morning.

More than 10 terrorists late Sunday attacked the PNS Mehran base on Shahrah-e-Faisal Road, Karachi. At least 15 people, including Navy and Rangers personnel died in the attack.

Towering flames arose from inside the PNS Mehran compound throughout the night.

End of live updates

3:50 pm

Pakistan Navy official said several terrorists have been killed but did not confirm the number. The bodies have been shifted to an unknown location.

3:40 pm

The Pakistan navy has issued an official statement that the operation to kill or capture terrorists who had taken over the compound is over.

Spokesperson added that all the naval assets at PNS Mehran have been secured.

3:20 pm

Express 24/7 correspondent Shaheryar Mirza reports that Interior Minister Rehman Malik who was expected to talk to the press, has left the navy base without making any comment.

3:10 pm

There were about 30 to 40 journalists gathering outside, with seven satellite dishes attached to their trucks.

Helicopters buzzed overhead and the main road outside was closed to traffic. Moin Babar, 35, a technical engineer, said people were trying to understand how the militants made it inside.

“I heard that 15 went in through a sewer,” he said.

Kamran Khalil, 48, a civil engineer, suggested, like many others, a conspiracy. “How can this happen? It’s taking them so long to resolve the issue. India or the CIA could have been behind this. They want to show that Pakistan forces are ineffective.”

Many in Pakistan were furious with the US operation to kill bin Laden without sharing any intelligence beforehand with Islamabad, which they saw as a severe breach of sovereignty.

“This is all a reaction to American policy in Pakistan,” said Atif Ali, a 30-year-old construction worker.

3:00 pm

As troops wound down their assault, some Karachi residents said they could not believe security could have been so lax, Reuters reports.

“If these people can just enter a military base like this,then how can any Pakistani feel safe?” asked Mazhar Iqbal, 28, engineering company administrator taking a lunch break in the shade outside the complex where a crowd had gathered.

“The government and the army are just corrupt. We need newleaders with a vision for Pakistan.”

2:50 pm

Talking to Express 24/7 Brigadier Ghazanfar Ali said that the terrorists had a mechanism in place for targetted attacks on naval assets.

“This attack is possible without inside help, but the possibility cannot be ruled out,” he said.

He added that if taken alive, these terrorists can give valuable information on the groups they are affiliated with.

“There agenda is that Pakistan should be destabilizsed. The message being sent out is that Pakistan nuclear assets are not safe” he said.

Tribune reporter Mahnoor Sherazee says the martyred navy officials and injured have been shifted to PNS Shifa and PNS Rahat hospitals. She reports that journalists are not allowed to enter the building.

2:00 pm

The operation to regain control of the Karachi naval base assaulted by Taliban militants has been completed after almost 16 hours of fighting with up to 20 assailants holed up in a building, a security official told Reuters from inside the base.

“The operation is over. The main building has been cleared,” the official said. “For precaution, we are continuing search around for any more terrorists but the main operation is over.”

1:25 pm

Talking to Express 24/7, retired Air Commodore Jamal Hussain said security officials will not announce that operation is complete “till they are absolutely certain the compound is secure.”

“Even if they suspect that one militant is at large, they will not announce that it is over,” he said.

1:05 pm

Express 24/7 correspondent Mirza says the operation has drawn to a close after 14 hours. One helicopter is still circling the area for surveillance purposes.

12:45 pm

The naval officer shot dead at PNS last night was identified as Lt Syed Yaser Abbas, son or (R) Col Syed Jaffar Abbas. His picture can be viewed here.

Twitter update:

mirza9 Navy officials that left earlier have come back to the #pnsmehran . BMW with four stars on the license plates – can someone ID?

Express 24/7 reporter Ahmed Jung confirms that sophisticated LMG rifles, rocket launchers and Russian hand grenades have been used by the militants in the ongoing battle. The terrorists were dressed in black clothes.

Sources say 6 terrorists have been killed, however their bodies have not been dragged out of the base.

9:40 am

Taliban said that the team of militants they sent into Karachi’s PNS Mehran naval base Sunday night had enough supplies to survive a three-day siege.

“They have enough ammunition and food and they can fight andsurvive for three days,” Taliban spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan told Reuters.

9:35 am

Two P3C Orion aircrafts have reportedly been destroyed by militants in the attack.

9:25 am

Express 24/7 reporter Ahmed Jung says 26 have explosions have so far taken place at the navy base in the last 12 hours.

Two helicopters are circling the military base in the ongoing operation, and security forces are trying to capture terrorists alive in order to interrogate them.

“Security forces want to know how the militants could enter a base where security is so strict that not even a camera is allowed inside,” says Jung.

9:20 am

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the brazen attack on the base by 15-20 gunmen, saying it was to avenge the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden on May 2, AFP reports.

“It was the revenge of martyrdom of Osama bin Laden. It wasthe proof that we are still united and powerful,” Ehsanullah Ehsan told Reuters by telephone from an undisclosed location.

3:15am

Navy spokesman confirms five people have been killed in the attack — four Navy personnel and one Rangers personnel.

Interior Minister Rehman Malik has arrived in Karachi.

2:52am

A few minutes back massive gunfire forced media personnel to lie down on the ground, reports Ahmed Jung. Fire is still erupting from the spot.

The gun battle has lasted 5 hours.

The Shah Faisal colony drain line leads to a small wall, which allows entrance into the base, says Jung. This was the likely route the terrorists took.

2:24am

An official speaking on condition of anonymity says at least 4-5 terrorists have been shot dead, but the aim of the operation is to catch the militants alive.

Fire has erupted again as fire fighters paused efforts due to an on going gun battle.

Interior Minister Rehman Malik said the militants had attacked from the rear of the base. “We have been able to confine them to one building and an operation is underway either to kill or capture them.”

The Karachi attack evoked memories of an assault on Pakistan’s Army headquarters in the town of Rawalpindi in 2009, and revived concerns that even the most well-guarded installations in the country remain vulnerable.

1:50am

Terrorists used a sewerage line behind the PNS Mehran to enter the base, unconfirmed reports suggest. Rangers have been deployed at the entrance of the line.

Law enforcement agencies from many towns have been called in to surround the entire base to ensure the terrorists do not escape, confirms Express 24/7 reporter Ahmed Jung.

1:38pm

Ahmed Jung reports that oil tankers exploding due to the fire are the likely cause for the recent blasts on the base.

Emergency services are confirming at least one death in the attack.

It is expected the search operation will continue till daylight as the base is kilometres long.

1:24am

Director General PR, Pakistan Navy, Irfanul Haq has confirmed two injuries — one sailor and one officer, both of whom are in critical condition. No foreigner has been killed in the attack, he says. Haq also confirms damage to one P3 Orion aircraft.

Another Navy source say the terrorists stormed the base with rockets, attack the P3 Orion and then snuck in further during the fire caused by the plane. The fire also spread to two other planes in the hangar.

1:15am

A 10th explosion has been reported on the PAF base by Tribune reporter Faraz Khan.

Sources say that the initial target of the terrorists was the P3C Orion plane. The plane has reportedly been destroyed.

“This plane acts as the eyes and ears of the Pakistan Navy” says security analyst, Ikram Sehgal. The plane functions as a form of radar.

AFP updates — “It’s a terrorist attack. More than 10 terrorists are inside. They have attacked a navy air station located in a Pakistan Air Force base,” said provincial home ministry official Sharfuddin Memon.

“One of the four aircraft inside the premises has been damaged,” he added.

If you want to believe Imran Khan and think this is not our war, then you live in a fools paradise. More jawans and security personnel probably died today! Stop blaming america! Sovereignty means responsibility! If you think people who are orchestrating such elaborate attacks are going to give up their weapons and go home if America leaves Afghanistan…then God help us!Recommend

Ah, another blast and the revenge of terrorists continues after the Osama Drama. Pakistan will once again flash across the world as a hub of terrorists activities and unsafe place for all. Our nuclear assets will again be a subject of quenstion mark whether they are safe or no. It seems a part of some great game, a conspiracy to subjugate Pakistan to seize its nuclear assets.

Till Pakistan does not dissociate itself from this war on terror, this revenge will continue. War of terror is a vicious circle, The only solution to this problem is disengaging ourself from this war of US & start negotiations with the local dissidend groups to sort out the differences,Recommend

@Khalid Javed: Wake up! Disengage with the US and negotiate with terrorists who have killed over 30,000 people. We should surrender to them to prove what? Do you think people who orchestrate such elaborate attacks are going to give up their power and influence just because America leaves. Recommend

@faraz: I am sure that the military is mounting a clean up operation right now. Criminals may grow more and more desperate but they will never succeed because people are united against them like never before.Recommend

I am very grieved to learn about the terrorists attack at PNS Base at Shahrah-e-Faisal.

The law enforcing agencies should deal with the terrorists with an iron hand and no terrorist should escape.

Our security forces should arrest one of the terrorist alive so that we should know who these terrorist are and which are the forces behind these terrorists, providing support to these terrorists, using them against the Pakistani soil.

@ TightDhoti: If Pakistan disengages, several dissidends will be neutralized as their struggle is against US influence in Pakistan. If US can negotiate in Afghanistan, why not we can do that with those indigenous dissidends? Much of this anger is against US……… See after OSAMA, its mostly govt assets and sensitive places which are mostly targeted because they consider the present govt as US puppet.Recommend

I’m watching the TV now and they’re showing scores and scores of military and rangers personnel surrounding the area. Where were all these fools when the attack happened? It’s so frustrating to see ‘security’ only after an attack happens..Recommend

Hope Taliban and Terrorist Apologists now wake up. This was not a soft target which shows that your assets can target you if you don’t abandon them. Wake up, please. Don’t blame Hunood wa Yahood for this. They are among us, reared by us and now threatening the very existences of us. Recommend

Lack of professionalism of the military is the main reason of incidents like the one in progress tonight. The Army is already heavily involved in commercial enterprises. The Navy does not lag behind either. Where in the world you would find military owning housing estates, cement and sugar factories, private universities etc etc. I am not sure whether the institution which is under attack has any policies and procedures to deal with disaster like this one. It is quite obvious that there is no disaster management plan. Ideally there should have been helicopters hovering around that area. Nothing like that. One wonders what was the need of keeping vast numbers of military personnel at the expense of poor people of the country. Recommend

As you sow so shall you Reap….…..Politician and other Institutes and agencies ko Allah sy Maafi Mangni chahey…Injustice, corruption, using and killing of innocents for long time, black propeganda are the main roots of present sitution. Ay taiyer ahoti es reszk sy moth achee…jes resk sy parwaz main hoti ho kotahee. Allah Raham Kary.Recommend

@joe:
yaeh, Indian have divine right to blame Pakistan but Pakistan have no rights even with concrete evidences of RAW involvement in may terrorist activities within Pakistani territory. Indian even don’t let their own people; dallat, muslim, sikhs to live peacefully, how they can bear a peaceful Pakistan.Recommend

Reap what you sow. Pakistan has maintained these strategic assets to go and win Afghanistan and Kashmir. The result is that both these countries are moving ahead while we destroyed our own house. Surprised to see that even now, citizens in this section cannot come out the India/US/Israel/Afghan mindset and still defending these terrorists!!!! Even learned members of our society has become blind out of hatred !!!Recommend

I trust Taliban more than our “property dealer marshalls’. Taliban are safe in their hideouts, only fear they have is of Drone attack, but soon Imran’s efforts will stop those attacks too, We are not safe after spending half of our budget on armed forces. Recommend

In my View….All humans born in the same way..As you are and we are. This is the society/community that molds new born baby into wrong shape. In my view no one is terrorist, no one is criminal, no one on the wrong way and no one born as Nobel, but the society, injustice, corruption and misuse are the main roots. Today situation in the world are because of the same reasons. Identification of truth and root causes and its cure are the only way to make the situation peaceful. No unjustified use of power in the history gets success so far. Recommend

@Khalid Javed: We did negotiate with them. How easily us Pakistanis forget that they came within 60 miles of Islamabad. They are not after the Americans, they want control of this country. You are welcome to negotiate a surrender but they would continue to kill after the surrender Recommend

So these are the innocent people whom Mr. Imran Khan defends on top of his voice. This is total security lapse and unwillingness from our security apparatus to act firmly with iron hand and flit out these elements and their managers from the society. Many are in our legislative assemblies who are silent supporters of these rogue elements. If we are really interested to save ourselves and most importantly our country then merciless action must be taken ASAP.Recommend

Allah Knows Better who is right and who is wrong…who is real shaheed and who is just….Who is so called terrorist and who is the Nobel….who is the culprit and who is innocent. The actual roots are hidden and Allah knows better….I don’t trust and consider some one criminal /terrorist on one side statement and reports. Beshak Allah tamam chupy raazo sy bakhabar hain. Recommend

This attack is scary it means the terrorist are well armed , well motivated, well planned and have infiltrated our armed forces.The can attack anywhere and anytime at will. And our intelligence and security apparatus can only respond after the damage is done. The Americans cant seem to stop them in Afghanistan and we arent able in Pakistan.
Attacks has been common place in KP & tribal areas since last few year on soft civilian targets which hasnt bothered our establishment much. But now it seems this fight is spilling over into other Urban & Military centers of Pakistan. Artillary shelling and drone strikes in tribal areas have been utterly counter productive. We have lost any chance of organizing a intelligence network to counter the terrorist. A change of strategy is required at least $36 million dollars of assets went up in smoke by a $30 RPG this is unsustainable. What if they attack a nuclear installation next, or HMC, or the GHQ again.If I were working for RAW I would ask my ambassador in kabul to get in touch with these guys and give them list of targets, detonators and a few million dollars. Do we have any idea what the Americans have got us into?????Recommend

@Khalid Javed:
You live in the world of fools and continue to make the others as well. The conspirators are those who believe in the evil concept of Muslim Ummah. If you you want to end terror, target and eliminate them. Forget strategic depth and Riyadh and dispose of the jihadi outfits. Recommend

Whether or not we like it, the fact is that Chickens are coming home to roost. Instead of constantly looking to establish “Strategic depth” Pakistan should just defend its strategic assets! Enough is enough. Recommend

Are the nuclear bombs in the submarines safe? Americans are right, we cannot defend ourselves. Perhaps we should outsource that to the Chinese? Let the PLA come and defend Pakistani nuclear installations against the terrorist. They are our best friends after all. The damaged Orion cost us $36 million. And we buy more aircraft without a chance to use them.Recommend

These taliban are paid agents of India. Any one in Pakistan support Taliban should be arrested.
Start with Imran Khan. Give full intelligence report to USA for drone attack let them do the killing of Taliban.

We do not want any supporter of Taliban in Pakistan. India is sporting and paying through Afghanistan. They should migrate to India or Afghanistan.

P-3C Orion long range ASW aircraft!!!! Oh my God our poor country lost one more P-3C. Why our army fail to even protect themself. I wonder how they can defand whole Pakistan, Dear Pak army please try to make your bases, protect and save. We can take care of our and our country by ourself. I am worry for our army prtotection. It is 2nd time after GHQ attack..In india Parliment was attacked and after that they make security proof arangements and nothing happen further. Is it not some thing to correct to our Army????
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Unit Cost: $36 million.
Propulsion: Four Allison T-56-A-14 turboprop engines (4,600 hp each)
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Armament: 20,000 pounds of ordnance, including AGM-84 Harpoon, AGM-84E SLAM, AGM-84H/K and AGM-65F Maverick missiles, Mk46/50/54. Recommend

well this had to happen, when will we just get it… its not our war !
the blood on our streets and yet there is no one dying in USA! then how come its out for …
for GODsake! wake up Pakistan, we are just being used by the Americans
who’ve put us in this situation …its time to bow out of this war on terror and shot down those dam drone and NATO violating choppers and all this will end Recommend

I think pakistan is very unsafe in this world and terrorists going to attack almost all highly secure places means they will very soon under control atomic weapons of pakistan and it’s highly alerted by present scenario…I think USA and India should take immediate action to save Pakistanis else the day is no far when terrorists will control the atomic weapons and attack on the people that will be ever worst situation of the whole world… Recommend

I think pakistan is very unsafe in this world and terrorists going to attack almost all highly secure places means they will very soon under control atomic weapons of pakistan and it’s highly alerted by present scenario…I think USA and India should take immediate action to save Pakistanis else the day is no far when terrorists will control the atomic weapons and attack on the people that will be ever worst situation of the whole world…………….. Recommend

Once again, big question mark on Pakistan security situation. Well planed and equally well carried out attacks in Heart of Karachi. I am still unsure to call this terrorist activity or a full f ledge Military activity, judging from the planning and execution. These people are among us, but they are not one of us. Because, no one can destroy strategic assets of own country, terrify own children and create terrifying environment. Well trained militants by Indian RAW and American Agencies, who have infiltrated deep into our society. A BIG QUESTION MARK ON ISI AND OTHER AGENCIES OF PAKISTAN. WAKE UP Recommend

By what logic did you reach that conclusion? “coordinated style”? Are we talking about a terrorist attack or a Bollywood dance sequence? Can’t we just be human for at least a day and hope, pray and mourn instead of throwing around accusations that at this point, are utterly baseless?Recommend

@Ali Wazir
[Do we have any idea what the Americans have got us into?????]

Its not the Americans that have got you into anything. Its Pakistan itself that has gone into this mess imagining that it was building up a jihadi force to counter India, setup strategic depth in Afghanistan and grab Kashmir from India……….instead of that, these people have become Frankenstein monsters out to get you………this is why Gandhi used to say that ends do not justify the means…….or as our bare buzurg have said – ‘Bure kaam ka Bura Nateeja’……………..

The only way out is for you to make friends with India……and then eliminate all jihadi outfits in Pakistan…….no exceptions……..at the same time, try to change the culture to make it more tolerant……without these steps, you will not have a humane and livable society any more……..Recommend

What has happened is sad, but it does not surprise me? It was not Pakistan’s war, Pakistani governments worked very hard to make it a Pakistani war. But despite all the problems related to terrorism Pakistan’s real policy has not changed, as still have thousands of ‘Mujahids’ in various places to advance Pakistani elites cause in KASHMIR, India and Afghanistan. Pakistan has to change its policy, you can’t have it like that when bomb blows in Pakistan it is terrorism and when bomb blows is in Afghanistan and Kashmir it is jihad.Recommend

@Khalid Javed: How to negotiate with people who have killed 30,000 Pakistanis and crippled its Navy. I would say we need to fix this issue with full force and unity. These are not dissidents. These are our enemies. Recommend

@C: You should repeat this line of ” as you sow, so shall you reap…” to your Indian criminals who are behind these terrorist attacks on Pakistani soil. Attacking a Pakistani Navy station is clearly the mark of clever Indian intelligence terrorists who will stop at nothing to damage Pakistan. I am sure that our military will clear out the criminals quickly.Recommend

These terrorist have been funded and trained by saudis and their cronies in pakistan like jamaat islami and ahlehadith. Saudis have fooled pakistanis in the name of Islam. Keep Saudis out of Pakistan.Recommend

It is one of the greatest loss of Pakistann. I wish to good luck to Pak Army in this hard time! We need to put strong security for F 16. As I red news that some of the airman might leak the information to terroriest! Good Luck Army for this operation!!!
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Its is your misconceived knowledge about Indian society. We live peacefully with sikhs and dalits. Its your media that portrays minor feuds as sectarian voilence. I have many dalit friends who are very rich that happened because of their upliftment by the society as a whole whereas your society hunts shia’s, christians, ahmedi’s like stray dogs. We are a state with well defined objective of social equality and equal rule of law, not like Pakistani state where only Muslims benefit and that too only sunni’s. Recommend

Why should ‘terrorist’ attack Pakistan military establishments and kill innocent men. They should realize they only weaken Pakistan defense to the advantage of India,UK,NATO,USA whom they consider their enemies. In Pakistan, they are now hated for having killed thousands of innocent Pakistanis. If they want to fight or revenge Osamas’ death, they better fight USA,CIA,UK,NATO in Afghanistan to support Mullah Omar to liberate her and much rather make another Muslim country slave to India,UK,NATO,USA.Is it their game they are clandestinely playing ?.if Osama was killed in Pakistan, it was by USA and not Pakistan and quite possible someone amongst you would had been spying for CIA,USA to win 60 million dollars prize money. Why do not you target the agents of USA, UK,CIA,RAW then kill innocent?Recommend

@Syed A. Mateen:
Agree with you but then any terrorist arrested will be released by the courts for lack of evidence as has been done in the case of GHQ, HAMZA CAMP and many other high value targets where general was killed.So do we really need any alive terrorist to be released and attack Pakistani assets again?Recommend

Mr.Rahman Malik and other politician these are the same kids,people..who you have trained and have been useing for long…now they are terrorist and extremist…haha..The whole corrupt political system, injustice, your corruption, wrong and black propaganda are the roots. As you sow so shall u reap…Recommend

Hopefully one day Pakistan wakes up and realises that this strategic asset has gone out of their hands and needs to be destroyed. I really hope this wake up call comes soon. Be’ezrat Hashem (Insha Allah)Recommend

@Javed: U r right brother their foot soldiers may be doing it out of religious fever but their leadership is after power Bhindranwale wanted it in Indian Punjab and the Taliban wanted it after the Russians were driven out from Afghanistan. It is POWER they want Recommend

really…wake up dude this your war and dont live in a dream world that this will end with the US withdrawing from the region. The security establishment in Pakistan thinks it will play the same game as they did in Afghanistan i.e. One side against the other as they did before when the US leaves. This WILL NOT be possible anymore. The only way is to take these people head on and destroy them. There is nothing like good Taliban and bad Taliban they are one and the same as you can see for yourself. This is your war wake up before its too late..else stop shaving as the Taliban will take over and take Pakistan to the stone age.Recommend

@Ali Wazir:
@Syed A. Mateen:
Do we have any idea what the Americans have got us into?????……in spite of being a pakistani.. you asked a sensible question… this is so true.. resolving differences with India wud have been so easy rather than dealing with this confusion.. end always comes with confusion…Recommend

Its funny to imagine why Tehreek-e-Taliban does not do anything to US who are in war with them. It reminds me of a typical government clerk who is beat-up by his boss, but takes revenge from his wife at home. Coward clerk.Recommend

Where are our Army, Rangers, Intellegence Agencies, Law inforcement Agencies, No one stop that type of attack? which directly hit our strategic assets. Now its time to assemble against terrorism.Recommend

Brothers open your eyes.. Think that how it is possible…..???? The security agencies h’ve no information regarding this terrorist attack. First of all why we are fighting for America..??? Even Pakistan suffer heavy loss in this war. But now, everyone in the world except China saying that our country is best & safe land for terrorists……!!!!

This is a big game of America to take the control of nuclear weapons of PAKISTAN. I am requesting to all of you, please support our armed forces & pray for their success…!!!

Whoever did this should be given a massive, brutal response! No Pakistani can do this – attack PAF or Pak Navy! No Pakistani can even think of it. Time for Pakistan to respond with full force and a massive slap! Recommend

This seems a clear signal that CIA Talibans are well trained and they want to make point that Pakistan cannot save their atomic weapons. Our army should immediately revise their security arrangments and practices. We are at war and we should first eliminate CIA and its footprint completely from Pakistan before we start an operation. We are trapped in US double game.Recommend

Well Imran Khan is right upto some extent. If we would have punched the US just after the Abbotabad incident, yesterday’s tragedy wouldn’t have happened. While our whole system from top to bottom was completely decorated with lame excuses for the previous one and for sure will remain for this one too. Recommend

Its a shame to see from above statements that we still dont have no clue what to do and who is our enemy even though we all know who is behind this. And lets not think India is a saint and should also not solely blame India. Lets get united and crush the hands behind these puppets or else very soon you wont see your country no more.Recommend

The traitors are within us….No need to blame others when our own hands are dirty….Wipe out TTP and their benefactors….May Allah bless the souls of those personnel who lost their lives in this attack..Ameen!!Recommend

100 % Americans …. a case build-up to rupture pak’s nukes……which are of no use to us anyways… we are frens with india and US (look we got no enemy), we are a rented $$$ army, our chiefs have already surrendered… now they are preparing the nation to follow their pious footsteps… lets all hail america, bow infront of the sole most dominated, most advanced, most powerful (more powerful then God himself) state …
our chiefs know better n thats whats they say, we should obey the chain of command =)

If Osama can live with all his wives at the PMA, Mullah Omar might be living inside the Karachi Navy Base!!
One of his Grand Kids could have played around!! It was an accident.
Theres no Complicity or incompetency. Guys, dont get excited.Recommend

It’s an attack where one Pakistani is pointing gun to other.
I dont think so there will be one person even who can say these attacks are justified?
Who attacks their own army?
Surely, they are enemies! So, we need to decide whether as a responsible Pakistani we should be apologetic towards these extremists or join hands with Army to wipe them off.
Army alone cant get rid of them because these extremists are not a difference race-but, in fact it is a mind-set that is sporadically being adopted. Instead of blaming Army (note: I am not justifying them but talking about the need of time) we should talk people into have more peace loving aspects. We need to be clear that before drones the families were asked to move to IDP zones. If they dint move and stayed back in drone’s radius then it was their choice. It should not be manipulated as Army attacking civilians.
It’s time to be united-and do what we can in our personal capacity to save ourselves (note: I did not use the word country deliberately.Because, if we will save ourselves, we will reduce half of Army’s job of saving the Pakistani nationals and can expect them to fight out the fundamentalist.
Before some wrongly interprets “save ourselves” to be taking guns in hand. Instead- I mean a softer and more logical approach than emotional. I mean talk to people around us and do not let extremism grow. Show good behavior to others around so that grouping can be easy and ultimately unity can be achieved and then we can single out extremists in one group.
Pakistanis need to tell extremists that we stand with our defense organizations when it comes to our safety.Recommend

@Chota Chetan: You say it like it’s one sided, check out the Indian media and the responses to India’s woes, the recently released “Most Wanted List” for Pakistan and it goes both ways sport. HaHAHA. Very funnyRecommend

There is no better time to wake up from lethargy and slumber. It is very clear that all arms of the Government and Establishment have been infiltrated by Taliban ideology and sympathisers, often resulting in internal sabotage. Most terrorist organisations have support from serving and retired Military officers whose loyalty is to a cause, not nation. Situation is alarming to put it mildly. No one knows the true ideology of those guarding the Nuclear Assets either. Those believing that the nations Assets are safe obviously do not take into account the ideology and religious orientation of the guards. Recommend

Assalam-o-Allaikum Warahmatullah.First of all this is the most tragic event of today but the most ignoring thing our corrupt and slaves leaders do,id est,giving this statement to divert the nation’s attention from the disabilities and demerits of the leadership and to camouflage their weakness and disability of providing security to the key departments of Pakistan and that statement is “Taliban has accepted the responsibility of it”.This is confirmed that foreign hand is involved in this terrorist attack and especially Black Water’s involvement can never be ignored.Our corrupt and slaves leaders’ main objective and motives are only first their own security on the priority basis than the nation’s and key departments’ of Pakistan and this tragic event is the live example of intelligence departments’ failure.Recommend

A targeted attack on Planes that can detect submarines is being associated with militants. Well, for sure this attack has come from someone with submarine capability and intentions to use it against Pakistan. If you assume that the militants have access to even ‘Submarines’ now, God help us all. Otherwise it’s not hard to imagine who actually is sponsoring these militants, and what they plan to do.Recommend

@TightDhoti:
This off course not our fight. Do not come under the enemy propaganda that it is done by TTP. Why TTP spares all the time American target. Is it just Pakistan who killed Osama? No monsieur! The enemy soldiers (Not Terrorist) came with full force, they opened the gate with Mortar fire, it is simply a cowardly attack of an regular army wearing any type of cloth. Pakistan forces are fighting as normal, as a force should fight. the country behind this attack is hiding behind TTP.Recommend

does the pakistani military have the spine to crush these miserable talibans and make an example out of them? what are pakistan’s nukes for? the enemy is within the country. send an f-16 to waziristan and drop a nuke on mehsud’s house.Recommend

The attack demonstrates once again our initial folly in teaming up with the US in its war on terror. However, it is also true that after a decade of diligent service to the US government, Musharraf and his successors in office have succeeded in converting America’s war into their own.
What are the options now for Pakistan and its military? Certainly not war against the US. But they need to carefully disentangle Pakistan from the tentacles of the American Octopus.
Get the terrorists out in the open through negotiations. There is no need to listen to the powers that are willing to negotiate with the ‘terrorists’ themselves, if only the latter would, but frown on any suggestion that Pakistan do the same!!
The alternative is to go on and on and keep suffering loss and damage at the hands of groups whose agenda remains as shady and as incomprehensible to most people as it was in the late 1990s when they started their ‘struggle.’
It is also necessary for the government and the army to examine and define their enemies and friends afresh. Without this exercise, they would keep moving in circles and we, the people of Pakistan, would keep suffering at the hands of both the US and the Taliban and al-Qaeda. They are the victims of their own confusion. Recommend

In the news its been reported tht two of the bad guys were arrested fleeing from a seminary close to the Mehran Base.
There is no attention being paid to these semenaries spread throughout the country.
Violence is directly linked to them. The argument that not all are involved is just evading the issue.
On a lighter note all the Admirals must have heaved a sigh of relief that their golf course near by was safe.Recommend

I don’t care two hoots about what the west says about our security and intelligence apparatus. All I know is that an attack of this magnitude speaks less about the intelligence capabilities of our spy agencies, if any, and more about the level to which these delusional jihadi elements have infiltrated our armed forces. And after today’s attack and the precision with which it has been carried out, I, for one, have serious concerns about the security of our nukes notwithstanding whatever top-notch security is in place at the sites.

The question is if these terrorists can attack military installations, ISI offices and that bastion of our military establishment known as the GHQ at will then what is there to stop them from taking over our nuclear assets? After all they are being protected by the very same people who seem helpless and disoriented against these terrorists.Recommend

Its happens again and again every one knows they all Anti Paki and Anti Paki forces either its TTP and others and they all belong from that all who are against Pakistan as we know about USA Israel India and others our Govt. should get hard action against them with co operation of China and Russia and as soon as possible deliver Gawadar Port to China they are attacking on Navy it can be a big cause war from the Sea Side areas.

We salute our brave solders they are doing their best and we know our forces and our public can fight with any one either its super power or any one else and InshaAllah we will beat them all.

My mind unable to accept that only TTP alone can do this… We have to think there are non-state actors acting in our state as our friends…
Even if Pakistan have to continue war against terror, they have to do this on their own without USA involvement… Then they can do this… with USA there is no end of this war as USA is playing double game.Recommend

The terrorist ( those who attacked) went straight for the PC3 Orion aircraft. Looks odd as normally they would have gone for soldiers for maximum kill.

Where were the barbed wires in large area of the wall?.

The base commander should answer.
Army,Navy,Air Force cannot be teflon coated. We love our armed forces and have highest,BMW respect and love for them But they have to vigilant.

I think time has come, when Brigadiers, Generals stop driving around in Mercedes cars and Prados and they should start moving around in Jeeps. No more escorts; if army personnel need escorts then who will provide escorts to citizens.

Let us provide full trust and support to our brave soldiers.Terrorism has to be eliminated from the country at all costsRecommend

This is very scary, more than half of Pakistan budget goes to Army and they cannot protect themselves, how they are suppose to protect us. What if they attack the nuclear assets? ISI need to show professionalism. I am living abroad and this kind of stories are not doing any good. For God sack get a grip. Recommend

Wow..It looks so easy and convenient isn’t it? Every terrorist attack in this “Agentistan” goes directly to the credit of TTP, they even claimed the responsbility of killing a Saudi diplomat in Karachi. I really admire our so called “SAFE HANDS”, once again they have shown us how alert and competent they are.

Developing a housing scheme at PNS Mehran after terrorist clean up wouldn’t be a bad idea?? Recommend

What is our security appratus doing where is our intelligence, they kill unarmed people on side just because they are foreigners and the other side they sleep at strategic installations. I am feel sorry and pitty for myself that my people are unsafe in my own country. There is zulm going on in all parts of my country.Recommend

Bombs explode, bodies blow, heart weeps, yet we are ignorant of the threat which the cannibals pose.How often we see bombs exploding,media personnel shouting,bereaved ones weeping? Yet in the end, all we are able to come up with are conspiracy theories.Despite the fact that so many innocent lives have been lost, we are still blinded by denial; and continue to put blame on Americans/ Zionists. The TTP claims responsibility yet we try and negotiate with them. Imran Khan comes up and asserts that the terrorist attacks are only a result of drones, while the statistics do not reaffirm his claims. Is he stupid enough to believe that if the Americans left, then these people/TTP will leave us alone? A beast savouring red flesh is as likely to keep biting in the presence of an outsider as it is in its absence.Obviously that does not mean that the outsider be allowed to interfere, but then it also does not allow for the beast to remain. We have to cut these animals; that is the only solution available. IK is delusional and his ideas are confused. All he is doing is making others delusional. He joins ranks with the same mental group who would probably advocate such bombings. Most of those hypocrites would in fact be happy inside to have army and defenses suffer. The ones who were against the creation of Pakistan, and now trying to become its saviours. Impossible that is! Recommend

This is American Agent and also involved Obama
So America is rite about the fact that we cant defend our Nuclear Sites…
They are rite coz its the Americans doing all this to our country…
Taliban/Al-Qaeda are on the pay rolls of America is a country of taliban obama is taliban with afgan taliban Recommend

Tribal nationalists are doing this, and like it or not its true the Indians are generously paying for it. The two aircraft we just lost there was the only thing the Indian Navy was technically afraid of. 90% of everything we get is via the sea. This is as serious as an attack on a nuclear asset.
If all of us don’t like being Muslims and want to worship nationalism in exchange for dollars, then we will break down into tiny nations like this. The Indians must be laughing all over the floor at us. Recommend

The worst part if that around 15 such people were living amongst us and our law enforcement agencies had no clue of what is happening under their nose. Thumbs up for being party to the militant wings of all these political parties of this country. Who knows, who is selling cheaply?Recommend

@Fahad:
It is our war. Those fanatics attack us, not Americans. How else can this be stated? What else do you need to be convinced that is it is our war?? They bomb us. They bomb masjids, imambargahs and what not? They kill innocent people. They threaten us. They openly claim responsibility. Is this not clear enough? They wage Jihad against us. They DON’T go and wage their Jihad on Americans. Americans live safely. Pakistanis are killed.Recommend

Firstly: Taliban can’t just SIMPLY attack a nuclear facility nor can this attack be used as a precursor to the illogic. It’s not like you can drive around town and spot a nuclear facility. If you know anything about nuclear security you would know that it is near impossible to access a nuclear site let alone penetrate it. Pakistan’s nuclear programme has been audited by international agencies and declared safe and secure several times.

Secondly: On the comments about our military being real estate agents. You should refrain from such comments if you don’t understand what it takes to run an institution in Pakistan. I’ts activities like these that not only provide a source of income to our starved defence budgets but also a hope of shelter for people who retire from these services. Are you even aware of the salaries service personnel get? You would be shocked. It is the civilians who have marketed DHA and tried to earn a quick buck as there is still some form of authority residents can rely on to validate genuine purchase and sales – contrary to non-military schemes run by mafias.

Thirdly: Stop blaming India and everyone else. Taliban is our problem. Our servicemen have dies by the thousands. We should be showing them some respect. Not slandering the army, navy etc. How many of you will go fight in a war? nothing can be 100% secure – even the world most advanced nations have been attacked so where do we stand. Show some understanding, respect and dignity to those who have died senselessly. They have families left behind with fathers and husbands. Recommend

The attack on Mehran base is another failure or ignorance of our int. agencies. Every new day bring trouble in Pakistan. This is mainly due to sympathy for terrorist in int. agencies and in army and general public is also sympathises these terrorist by non openly talking in their favor but also recites Fatiha on dead terrorist. If these compromises continued then the day is not far Pakistan will become another Somalia. So Pakistanis should think what they want, the better future for their children or continue blood shed in the hnads of Taliban.Recommend

Hey just stop all..SSG and Marines Zindabad…..Its Pakistani soldiers who brought this base back in less than 16 hours….they are martyred but still standing….Salute them and raise fingers only on corrupt politicians…Salute u martyrs and seurity forces….Recommend

This attack is planned and executed by Raymond Davis Group, which call themselves Tehrik e Taliban Pakistan(TTP). Not only this, but all such attacks in the past are executed by them.It is obvious that one day this group will attack our nuclear assets providing excuse for USA that our nuclear assets are unsafe and they should be shifted from Pakistan immediately. Our incompetent and greedy and corrupt leadership is responsible for all this.
Wake up Pakistan please wake up.Recommend

Remember what George Fultan said before leaving Pakistan- ‘If Pakistan disintegerates, it will be only because of military’. The military didnot take proper action against Pak Taleban and allowed to them to melt away in the safe havens of NWA and others outfits are also being sheltered by them. Its Taleban now, which may be joined by other assets like Let, Jem etc, then what will happen to Pakistan ? Kayani has to take immediate action against all outfits and also keep ISI in check otherwise many more attacks may follow on military and soft civil targets. Recommend

Let us gather at the site tomorrow and demand the reduction in defense budget and housing schemes for the army. A must for every individual to serve time in the army at the age of 18. Moreover the budget should be spend on educating and training the citizens to defend themselves for such a brazen attack since the military has proven its incompetence. Those who are supporting the army here are themselves relatives of some military men living in a posh locality of Pakistan. This is the tax payer money and WE WANT OUR LIVES TO BE SECURED. This is a parliamentary democratic country where the PEOPLE are empowered. Down with the support of military if its not even capable of securing lives at a heavily guarded military compound let alone civilians.

The picture of soldiers arriving in the morning by Express tribune is noteworthy since it verifies the response of the army , a private with sleepy eyes. The purpose of the state and the ‘leviathan’ (Hobbes) is to protect and provide safety to people. The state is the security arrangement for the ‘PEOPLE’. If the PEOPLE don’t wake up now then least you should stop paying the taxes. The money is going to the pockets to purchase more properties at the sea , where else ? If Ghq can be attacked, if a guarded one of the largest military base can be attacked, a C.I.D bureau can be attacked and navy buses be bombed etc then please accept your failure or be ready to face the wrath of people. The Sympathizers should be blamed too for giving the army an open field to play around with our money. Be proud of the army when you see a befitting response, this is a total security failure. Where was the intelligence , the checkpoints and surveillance ?

As Hobbes put it correctly , life in this country is nothing but brutish, nasty , solitary , poor and short. Recommend

@Ab:
When the fanatic terrorists themselves are screaming they are against the Pakistan state and the Pakistan army where is the Mosad or USA or RAW coming from ?
Please read the statements made by the Al Qaida terrorists themselves after OBL was killed, you will get to know the facts.Recommend

Sovereignty means responsibility. First be able to say something about military. If u have dare then go to borders. Any idea to sleep in mud under the scorching beam on the nail of enemy’s bullet.
Think than speak. U don’t have any idea. So,please just say ,don’t think.
PAK FORCE ZINDABAD.
PAKISTAN PAINDABAD.Recommend

This is neither the CIA nor the RAW trying to make us out like clowns. Honestly, do they need to!
This is yet another ‘in your face’ example of inept and incompetent nature of our security apparatus, be it the army, navy, airforce, police or the ISI.
Billions of dollars are being pumped in the armed forces, and have been for decades. Sadly this is what they have to show the shocked nation- yet another breach of security.
What are our forces good for? We know they are good at making housing estates, fertilizers, cereals, office and business complexes, and yes march past with all the pomp.
Sad, sad, utterly sad, I just don’t see any light at the end of this tunnel.Recommend

There are way too many folks who are spewing venom against USA here. But, I don’t see the violation of sovereignty by terrorists today being an issue with them… Is it because the acts were committed by TTP, which is an indigenous group, thus under the control of Pakistan?

Pakistan is in a no win situation. It has to decide which loss is better.

Loose its long cultivated strategic assets like LeT & Taliban.
Loose the nationhood and become a failed state.

It can no longer follow a dualist approach. Because doing so is equivalent to choosing the 2nd choice above.Recommend

Come on man..why did you leave us out you have to involve Israel in this as well ,lets re-phase it. This was an Indo-Israeli operation sponsorship by the CIA and directed out of Langley by Mr. Panetta & telecast live to Bibi and Obama.

@Bikku:
What a waste of comments..Feel pity on your self Mr. When its India on target, you people blame Pakistan for it, and when its Us, Its an act within us. Any ways what about caste system in India?? Do you give importance to Shuddars? what to talk about Importance, you even think of them as HUMANS?? Feel sorry for your comments on this sensitive issue. Recommend

Better you buzz off, or talk some logic and sense. I’m for the people who fight against the enemies of this country whether in army or somewhere else. I realize and to some extent aware of the challenges we are facing as a nation; also I know the greatest threat we face is from inside and not from outside. It is our old habit of putting trash under the carpet, but we cannot afford to do this anymore. We have made blunders like Kargil, and countless others, but we don’t wanna admit our failures. I’m not against the soldiers who fight and sacrifice their lives for this country, but its the “big guns” who live in fortified fortresses, who make policies, and decisions, who have unlimited resources at their disposal, and yet time and again they fail miserably. Recommend

I am shocked and amazed that many comments written by Pakistanis here…are makung fun of the army and writing “LOL” and silly comments that really show that we do not realize that Pakistan’s day are numbered…our biggest city has been attacked badly….What next you people want?? Please for the sake of the existence of Pakistan..rise and join hands with the army and for just once think of “PAKISTAN”…may God bless our only home..Recommend

A very great conspiracy underway to isolate Pakistan worldwide, that we are………..already on Economy side.
We need to rejuvenate our NATIONAL SPIRIT and stand by each other. We really need a very good leadership, believe me this nation can do miracles….Just recall the PAK INDIA SEMI PREMATCH Scenario……we need our PATRIOTIC instinct BACK that is being rested under LOADS of TONS of SELFISHNESS……….ONLY THEN WE CAN REGAIN OUR sovereignty…….. Recommend

@Murtadi:
The OBL is a character made by us,mosad and india to destroy Muslim states. Taliban is a drama which is run by above mentioned 3 entities. It is allconspiracy against Muslims. Open your eyes dear. Where was OBL’s body? If he was a true enemy like Saddam, he would brought to trail. He is just a character.Recommend

This is not the time to point fingers or accuse the establishment.It doesn’t matter if we are fighting our war or someone else’s, the fact remains that we are at war: And the only outcome of war is the defeat of one side and the victory of the other.This means that we’ll have to win this war in order to end it on our terms.Also every one who supports these terrorists should know that these terrorists are not Muslims, but are closer to being atheists(people who have no faith or religion).Also anyone who thinks otherwise is either either very mis-informed(and terribly naive to believe it), or just plain old stupid.We should also give our full moral support to the armed forces as the main purpose of this attack was to demoralize the armed forces and the nation.We should do this because without them India would have taken over this country within the first decade of Pakistan’s existence.India gained comparatively the most advantage from today’s attack and it’ll be prudent of us to be extremely wary of the nation which has been hostile to us since our very existence.I salute you Lt Syed Yaser Abbas Shaheed.
I salute the Armed Forces of Pakistan,and
Pakistan ZindabadRecommend

This is an appeal to the leader of our Armed Forces, General Kayani as a concerned citizen of pakistan.
Sir,
Please stop delaying and hit the nail on the head.

I ask you to form an emergency team of 200,000 soldiers, divided into 2000 quick response teams, aided by our superior air power. Attack don’t defend. Bomb them before they bomb you.

In cooperation with ISI, they should hit rapidly at Al Qaeda and TTP safe havens all over Pakistan, especially Karachi, as it is our financial hub . If Afghan Taliban are supporting them, crush them too. It’s about time we got rid of this scourge once and for all.

Also, all tribes should be made to pledge a strong oath of allegiance to Pakistan and those that refuse should be expelled to Afghanistan.

so what do we say if not ”” LOL ””’??? We are just being honest. Its a joke . A Pakistani life is a joke. thats why its been going on for years and does anyone care?? Aggrieve whom? Let them die by the millions but for what reason? Security is besides the point. The point is that innocent Pakistanis are dying at the hands of insane people and they are getting away with it. Do we just sit and mourn? Why doesn’t the government take the nation in confidence? Alright the need for secrecy, but what results do they show? These madmen have no right to kill a single Pakistani. And we cant stand up for our rights. Recommend

@Khalid Javed: Oh my God…what sort of differences we need to settle with the dissidents: should we become like them and fight in the name of religion!!!! what do you mean; will the absence of US facilitate the survival of Pakistan’s liberal society any more!!! it is more hurting to see such views finding place than all what is happening in Pakistan. Our animy is our own thinking and not any nation. We have been fooled and being destroyed by our own thinking and attitude everyday;Recommend

We better hide our nuclear assets in China for time being and get them back after situation in Pak improves. China is only our best bosom friend who will definitely help us in this period of crisis.Recommend

Ultimately, this is the repercussion of govt policies over the past 60 years or more specifically fruitful award of our Armed forces policies.Wake up , we should not blame others for our own deeds its time to learn lesson from mistakes.It’s always helpful to learn from your mistakes.Killing your own brother will always invite rebellious atmosphere.It is very easy to hear or read news about 2 or three terrorists were killed in Tribal area without any evidence but its very hard to see your own blood burying under tons of mud.Recommend

It is indeed a sad moment for the entire neighborhood. The silent majority of pakistan must speak up, you need to have a united voice against the enemies of peace and humanity.. Indians dont wake up every morning to hear bad news from the neigbourhood, we have our own lives and livelihood to look after. When people meet here we dont congratulate or hug each other to celebrate osamas death, or to hear about loss of lives in pakistan. 99% of indians dont know what RAW stands for, even the people who have heard about RAW, regard it as impotent and spineless and like any sub continental organisation, corrupt.

India has 20 million sikhs, 25 million christians, and 200 million muslims, I am a dalit myself, so i am amazed to read some of your comments that talk about 250 million people being persecuted. So please form your own opinions, not from the government sponsored text books, that make us live in fools paradise.

After reading most educated comments on this website, i feel Pakistan has a great future like India.Recommend

The chicken are coming home to roost, eh ! Or wait a minute, they have been home for a long time now, haven’t they !? So are we turning a blind eye to reality then? Are we plainly incompetent? Or perhaps we are letting this happen on purpose!?

Admiral Noman Bashir should have the courage to resign. At the very least the Admiral commanding this base should be sacked for incompetence and utter failure of security.
If this is covered up by an enquiry and matters lingers until the next disaster, it will reflect even worse than the actual happening as it show to the world that our forces are truly incapable of handling a difficult situation.Recommend

I wonder why people are criticising Imran’s stance here. If he is wrong, what your government or forces have achieved so far, NOTHING. Grow up guys, its not as simple as you think. This evil has deep roots and those roots are only being watered more and more by America and its real alies RAW and MOSAD. And of course they are being helped by incompitence of our army and traitor forces top brass and the politicians.Recommend

This is surely a brave and fearless display of our extremely professional forces… It is obviously no problem if some wanderers barged in the Naval Base… there is no reason to bother even if they came a cache of ammunition with them ….. there is nothing significant if the seized the entire security apparatus for a few hours …. there is no harm even if they blown up aircrafts worth Rs.6Bn (obviously from hard earned tax money)…. there is certainly no big deal if they managed to kill a dozen uniformed guys….. certainly nothing to worry when 2 of them still ran away from the undisclosed entry point even if the commandos had surrounded the entire base in 3 minutes… WELL DONE SIR. You should receive Sitara Jurrat, Tamgha Ghairat, Nishan e Azmat on 23rd March if your calendar is free or we can arrange the same for 6th September.Recommend

What the hell about security standerd, what about the moto ” Sleep fast we awake ! ” Who is security planner there….what a sham……….time has changed……a couple of security guard with no special training can not guard this kind of sensitive places anymore……please awake, do something and DO IT NOW !!! May God bless Pakistan.Recommend

Dude you talk about caste system that was prevalent more than 60 years ago. Calling someone by his caste name sarcastically is punishable in India after Independence. Get facts right mate, we are not in Pakistan we live in a space called India where Hinduism was born, which says every every religion is a truth and leads to truth no matter in which form you believe unlike your’s which calls for the brutal killing of nonbelievers. Shudras are not dalits go learn history guys in south India shudras are listed as forward castes.Recommend

When you think about it, how easily all these terror attacks and destabilization of Pakistan could have been avoided while saving huge resources from being wasted on the military resulting in keeping Pakistan economically backward. All Pakistan had to do was to make peace with India and leave Kashmir to the Kashmiris.

Think about it. Do any Kashmiri other than radical Islamists really want to be part of Pakistan now? Has Pakistan gained an inch of Indian land in all the four wars? Actually, it was to opposite- Pakistan lost East Pakistan.

It is so amazingly simple an idea to make peace with India, yet the Pakistani Army does not get it! They are never going to get Kashmir or pull back Indian development. While Pakistan sinks further into political, social and economic chaos, India is well on the way to becoming a prosperous middle income country. Yes, Pakistan can cause more Mumbai and Parliament attacks, but would they really affect India in the long term? Instead, isn’t Pakistan causing more harm to itself by these Frankensteins?

Pakistan has received about $200 billions (in today’s dollars) in free foreign money in the past six decades. If this money had been invested in economic development, today Pakistan would be a rich country with no poverty! Instead Pakistan now owns a huge military, hundreds of nukes, fighter planes that is cannot pay for and other expensive military toy that will never be used!

Bhutto’s wish has come true! – “We will eat grass in order to get our nukes and inflict a 1000 cuts on India in a thousand year war”. Unfortunately, Bhutto did not foresee that in addition to eating grass Pakistanis would be the ones bleeding in a 1000 cuts!

Isn’t it time to change national priorities, establish a socialistic welfare state and make peace with all the neighbors?Recommend

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani condemned the Taliban attack on a naval air base in the center of Karachi and described it as “cowardly” and said it would not deter Pakistan’s government or its people from fighting terrorism.

Oh yeah! This statement once again simply deflects attention from the incompetence of the intelligence service and the defense forces or, as many have argued, points to the likely collaboration of these two services with the terrorists. This failure further adds fuel to the argument made every time a high value al Qaida or Taliban member is killed or captured on Pakistani soil (of whom there have been several found to reside in comfort in major Pakistani cities) that, in one way or another, Pakistan is complicit with the terrorists. It also does not help that in response, Pakistan tends to resort to old tricks by whipping up sentiment against imagined foreign enemies, be it Afghanistan, India or the U.S.

Once again there will be calls for investigation. Once again the truth will be swept under the rug. Does anybody honestly think the all-powerful intelligence and military services will agree to have any serious deficiencies in their organizations be known publicly? Does anybody honestly think the cowered politicians, knowing the historic role the military has played in the demise of previous governments and brought about military dictatorships for over half of Pakistan’s history, push to have the truth come out? Finally, does anybody believe given all this, the U.S. will be willing to share any intelligence with the Pakistani government before once again striking a high-value terrorist on Pakistani soil?

There are many fundamental and structural problems of governance Pakistan needs to solve before it gains the confidence of the rest of the world in its ability to fight terrorists, and stop being a laughing stock with the rest of the world. Here are some issues that need addressing:

• Civilians need to take supremacy over the military and the ISI, and then clean house by removing all the current leaders of these services, no exception
• Show genuine effort to fight terrorists, including the Lashkar-e-Taiba and the Haqqani groups
• Root out the endemic corruption. Being ranked worst than Zimbabwe on the corruption scale is no badge of honor. It is a badge of shame.
• Impanel a genuinely impartial, fully independent panel to investigate the deficiencies with the military & ISIRecommend

Time to accept the truth. Why and who created these terrors. why in USA the army ppl can b questioned by civil administration and know body doubt there loyalty to country and here our media while any question to army always start blaming the ppl as they are not loyal to country.
Why here in PAK the media always promotes any job done by Army as there grt kindness to country which some time looks they are not getting salary they are doing social service on there own expenditures. wht is the intention of the media behind this. There are many many ppl doing there jobs then they have also right on media every day there shud b lot of news like m a doctor i operated 4 ppl tody like m judge i listened 8 cases tody this that.i will cod one example regarding a tv shoe host brought under question one member that his leader was bribed by army and get 1700 kunal land in DIK i think it was wrong actually that army guy shud b questioned why thy hd aloted the land why the abused the law.
Army must go back to there own job instead of breaking are making of civil govts.
FWO and NLC ppl must go and built the proper boundary walls of army installation instead of collecting toll tax on roads.( which where they spend we dnt know). The mendit of accountability belongs to ppl of pakistan not with army for civl govts. Recommend

@ranjit:
You say this because you are afraid of Jihadis too?? You say we should make ties with India? At what cost? You are right, its not USA that has gotten us into this, It is India, who has thrown every garbage on us to declare Pakistan a terrorist State, but be aware Mr, some elder has also said ” ONE WHO THROWS GARBAGE ON OTHERS, HAS TO GET HIS HANDS INTO THAT FILTH FIRST “. We don’t need India’s help to get through it, We will do it our selves. Don’t interfere in our matters, JUST CARE FOR YOUR COUNTRY, SAME CAN AND WILL HAPPEN TO YOU IN NEAR FUTURERecommend

My Brother, Do u believe cutting down defense budget and cutting down military will help stop thees goons from destroying our country assets? Don’t blame our security forces for what ever happened, we all are equally responsible. These terrorists didn’t came from military cantonments or barracks, these people are living among us, may be in your neighborhood. Have you ever thought who is living near you, have you ever investigated who is visiting your neighbors, what activity is going on. This is our share responsibility, dont leave it just to Military. First we have to play our part to blame any one else.May Allah bless us all and make us feel our responsibilities. AameenRecommend

The dead attackers were all uncircumcised, wore daggers and one even had an “Ek-Onkar” dangling from his neck, proving beyond doubt that this was the act of Sikh Indian commandos. When will our Army wake up to this threat and take necessary action against India? This is an act of war, and should have been immediately met with a nuclear missile launch against the targets we have already delineated. The Indian “2nd-strike” capability is a hoax and does not exist.Recommend

@Bikku:
I think you belong to the Low Caste Called SHUDDER, is it so Mr.?? Closing eyes on some sensitive issue like this will not make India an open minded nation. It was there centuries ago and it will remain there till the end of world, the caste system. If you believe it has gone, then you must not be living in India, You must be in a place called HAVEN. Wake up Mr, Its the Ugly face of India, which you people don’t and wont like to see.Recommend

Leaders of Talba Action Committee, Islamia Collage, said this in a statement issued here on 24th May, 2011.They accused the wrong system in Pakistan for PNS Mehran base in the southern city of Karachi & Government’s Advocate General Sindh Office negligence over Islamia College Building issue. They said there are eight educational intuitions working in the Islamia College Complex in which 20 thousand male and female students are getting their education. They said this issue has become critical with every passing day………………….Recommend